Hi,

Not overkill at all.  You should remember to surge protect the phone lines
as well,
as they are the "back Door" problem for surges.


At 12:35 PM 12/20/2002 EST, you wrote:
>I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer.  I am thinking of
>the APC 650VA.  I live out in the country and I have constant surges and
>power outages for no apparent reason.  These occurances I feel are playing
>havoc on my computer.  I have already had to replace my hard drive.  Whether
>it was due to the power outages and surges I really don't know.  I have a
>dial-up connection with a second phone line.  So at night and on the
>weekends, my computer stay on.  I shut it down during the day while I am at
>work or not at home.  I have a Gateway Pentium III, 1000, with soon to have
>512MB of Ram.  I currently only have 256.  Anyway, I was wondering whether
>the APC 650 is an overkill or not.  Any feedback would appreciated since the
>sale goes off in a couple of days.  Or any specific recommendations would be
>appreciated also.  I don't know much about the battery backup selection, but
>I do want one that will be sufficient and have automatic shutdown software
>when my computer is on and a surge or outage takes place.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Susan Hays
>
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